Rodríguez Villalba, RosanaCaballero Borrego, Miguel2025-01-222025-01-222023-09-010937-4477https://hdl.handle.net/2445/217841The video Head Impulse Test is routinely used to assess semicircular canal function in adults, but to date, pediatric reference values are scarce. This study aimed to explore the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) in healthy children at different development stages and to compare the obtained gain values with reference to those in an adult population. Methods: This prospective, single-center study recruited 187 children from among patients without otoneurological diseases, healthy relatives of these patients, and staff families from a tertiary hospital. Patients were divided into three groups by age: 3-6 years, 7-10 years, and 11-16 years. The vestibulo-ocular reflex was assessed by video Head Impulse Test, using a device with a high-speed infrared camera and accelerometer (EyeSeeCam®; Interacoustics, Denmark). Results: We found a lower vestibulo-ocular reflex gain of both horizontal canals in the 3-6-year-old group when compared with the other age groups. No increasing trend was found in the horizontal canals from age 7-10 years to age 11-16 years, and no differences were found by sex. Conclusion: Gain values in the horizontal canals increased with age until children reached age 7-10 years and matched the normal values for adults.7 p.application/pdfengcc-by (c) Rodríguez Villalba, Rosana et al., 2023http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/VertigenReflexos (Fisiologia)InfantsAdolescentsEquilibriMalalties de l'orella internaVertigoReflexesChildrenTeenagersEquilibriumInner ear diseasesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article7517742025-01-22info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess36892616